The Forum and the Tower: How Scholars and Politicians Have Imagined the World, from Plato to Eleanor Roosevelt
- ISBN-10
- 0199782458
- ISBN-13
- 9780199782451
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 261
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2011-08-05
- Publisher
- OUP USA
- Author
- Mary Ann Glendon
Description
The relationship between politics and the academy has been fraught with tension and regret - and the occasional brilliant success - since Plato himself. This book examines thinkers who have collaborated with leaders, from ancient Syracuse to the modern White House, in a series of brisk portraits that explore the meeting of theory and reality.
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